Pakistan COVID19
Conflict over COVID-19: Pakistan traders to continue commercial activities despite rise in cases
Islamabad: A conflict has emerged between Pakistani traders and the government over the issue of COVID-19 as the All Pakistan Traders Association had announced it would continue to carry out all commercial activities starting tomorrow until a day before Eid celebration.
Pakistan is also witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases and carrying out business activities will surely keep the risk of spiking cases higher.
According to the All Pakistan Traders Association President Ajmal Baloch, as against the directives of the government, all markets and businesses will operate across the country, including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, reports Geo News.
"We should be allowed to operate businesses 24 hours as the Saudi government did," said Baloch, adding if the government does not have the means to provide relief to the business community, then it should not tell trades to shut down their businesses.
Pakistan reported 3,785 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
The country also registered 118 deaths during the same period.
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